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I just got out of the hospital after 4 days (medical condition occasionally causes me to get a little crazy), and I think I discovered a time machine. I totally lost track of time because they were taking blood every 4 hours, getting vitals at all hours, and shoving pills at me 24 hours a day. I never got more than 4 hours sleep a day. Due to this, I felt that I was there for over a week - turns out it was only 4 days.
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
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Quote: It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.
H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
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I understand. A couple of years ago I made time stop for weeks.
I had some dental surgery, and the doctor over-stretched the muscles on the right side of my jaw. The resulting case of trismus (lockjaw)[^], wasn't bad enough; it triggered the worst migraine I've ever had. I ran out of my normal migraine meds, and the surgeon couldn't prescribe anything that would help. I spent ten days in bed, the last four without eating.
When it finally let up, I couldn't believe it had been only ten days. What a way to lose 12 pounds  .
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I feel your pain. a long time ago I had the migraine headache problem, (turns out I had viral meningitis that caused it.) took 4 different doctors sequentially, to figure it out.
One of them prescribed Percodan, now outlawed, and it helped for several hours. Immediately after taking one. I would see a shimmering haze, and the pain would go away for 3 to 4 hours.
Don't even talk to me about dentists! 
Every hospital, doctor's office, and dentist's office should have a sign over the door that reads "Abandon all of your dignity, and most of your hope, you that enter here"
Ed
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4 doctors… I am glad you did not give up.
What did the (dumb) neurologist say?
“Well, after X years of never having a migraine, ever, you just got your first one! Try this cocktail of drugs.”
I heard that once when my wife had a blocked carotid artery which was the source of her headache.
I have met a single, smart neurologist, but I consider that the exception.
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I understand, personally I teleported once!
Funnily enough I too was sick, went down the stair for something, and when about to climb up, I sighed at the upcoming exercise and.. suddenly I was upstairs! 
Never could do it again... 😕
modified 19-Feb-22 13:20pm.
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When they do that to prisoners, it's treated as torture. 
Glad you're feeling better.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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stoneyowl2 wrote: taking blood every 4 hours
stoneyowl2 wrote: I never got more than 4 hours sleep a day
stoneyowl2 wrote: turns out it was only 4 days
5 days at Ellis Hospital, Upstate NY. I have diabetes. I somehow developed an infection in my right elbow that caused me to have a 6.5 hour emergency surgery to save my right arm.
They did save my arm, but I only have 80% usage of it, and can't carry anything over 30 pounds with it. Good enough to code with and that is all I need really.
With that said, they took blood 4-5 times a day from me, for 5 days, trying to figure out the infection and what may have caused it. They still don't know to this day. Weird. Aliens??
I did not get much sleep in that 5 days. Also, having a nurse sponge bathe me in the middle of the night is not fun either, although you would think so.
Glad you are out of the hospital and on the mend, I hope. 
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Having a major de**ist phobia (can't even type the word!) I've had IV sedation 3 times now. Last time was last Wednesday. It's bizarre - I remember everything up to chatting with the anaesthetist. Then - nothing - until the car journey home. The thing is, I'm not unconscious, it's not like a GA. I can see, hear, respond to requests but apparently am entirely chilled out. There are stairs down from the surgery and I navigate them just fine, apparently. I just don't remember a single thing; and so quick - like turning the light on and off.
(Bloody expensive though!)
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Well, at least I know what mine is: NASH. If you look it up, the effects of ammonia on the brain can be drastic. And, the only way to remove the ammonia apparently, is via the (ahem) BM movements - at least 3 a day. So one of my medicines is a prescription strength laxative, taken every 4 hours. The other one is a medicine that is so expensive it costs me with insurance, over $2000 a day. I get that from a doctor friend in Ecuador for $400 for 6 months supply.
Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine - via Walt Kelly)
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It always leaves me speechless that a "developed" nation like the US doesn't provide the basic human right of healthcare for all, even though I know situations like yours are common; and worse, that the health industries choose to make obscene profits out of people's misfortune.
Yes, I said my t**th work was expensive... but I could have had the work done on the NHS for very little (without the IV sedation, and the kid-glove handling that my mental block about dent**try requires) had I chosen to wait a little longer. And when I say it's expensive, I mean it's cost me a day's income. On average, the staff at the practice must earn about what I do.
My sympathies to you and glad to hear you've found an affordable solution. Hoping you can manage to get the condition under control.
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With all six series this time, and I have one, final, episode left.
And that means I just watched Series 6 Episode 5 "Why We Fight" for the second time, and ... IMO it's probably the best episode of all six series.
Some damn fine storytelling, acting, and a slow, slow build to the show finale. Epic.
Anyone else think there is a better one?
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Haven't watched it, but will upon your recommendations. I've just finished all of South Park so I'm looking for something to watch.
How does it compare to Battlestar Galactica or FireFly?
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Way better. Possibly (I'm trying not to offend fans of other series here) the best TV SF series so far, including the Star Trek franchises.
It's good. Very good. 
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yacCarsten wrote: FireFly
Oof, hit me right in the feels. I still wish that show got a proper ending  As for The Expanse, I think it'll be a classic given time. I'd definitely give it a shot and see if season 1 peaks your interest.
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I have never heard of it. Is it on YouTube, if so, I will check it out?
ed
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It's hidden away in a dark corner of the internet named "Amazon Prime", unfortunately. There are alternative sources of course.
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Amazon Prime (they do a free one month trial) and have some good stuff - we just finished watching Reacher which was good as well.
I cannot in good conscience even suggest or imply that you could combine "The Expanse" with the work "Torrent" and throw the result at Google because that would probably lead you to pirated material of some form. Which would be illegal, immoral, and the FBI don't like that at all (as they keep reminding us: Warning screen[^]). So definitely don't do that!
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Are 24 hours sufficient for you?
Because you are on CP almost always. Where do you find time to binge-watch TV shows?
Need to learn time management from you.
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I don't sleep much ... haven't needed a lot of sleep since I turned 30, and when I gave up drinking I needed sleep even less. If the sun is up, I'm awake - and I get up so I don't disturb Herself (who sleeps a lot). Means I get long quiet mornings without interruptions (except the cat) and can get sh*t done.
But I also don't believe that the "head down for 8 hours a day" approach to work helps either - I take regular breaks to let my mind relax and refocus. Works for me!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Works for me!
And that's the only important thing.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I will agree with seasons 1-3. By the time 5 rolled around, with the magic 'highly-oxygenated blood' saving people from dying of deep vacuum exposure, my eyes started rolling around a little too much. And the daytime soap-opera likeness with the crying each week... Does this last season get better? I'm having a hard time making myself find out...
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Hi all,
I got one customer that made an image of one computer I programmed years ago using GHOST.
Somehow they have got a problem and the computer is not starting... so they decided to recover the image they did years ago.
The problem is that after recovering the image the computer don't boot.
There are other computers in their factory that use the same operating system (XP embedded) but different softwares installed...
Would it be possible to clone a working operating system and then replace all the files from the GHOST image to the newly cloned HDD?
How would you proceed in this case?
Thank you all!
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Load the clone disk as a second HDD on a working system to start with to check the image is OK at all.
Then I'd reinstall your software and just copy its data and config files over.
Otherwise, you are depending on all the DLL files and suchlike being available and in the right place, and after all this time it'#s not likely that you would remember those details. A reinstall should add all required files and the data / config data should have it back where it should be.
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